I gave him a smile as relief flooded through me. I had no idea how the hell Mark had just pulled that off unless he... I realized suddenly that Mark had known all along he could do it! That was why he had told me this morning to not worry no matter what; he had been screwing up on purpose to make Alex think the machine worked on him. Mark had totally outplayed Alex. Speaking of Alex; he was now looking up at Mark and his face looked like all the color had drained from it.

"Anything else Alex?" Mark asked.

"I..." Alex stopped and for the first time since...